by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 21, 2020 | Closed Institutions, News
A few days ago, in the second reading, the parliament fully adopted the legislative proposal to amend the Criminal Procedure Code submitted by the Government, which provides an opportunity to establish a practice to reduce detention as a precautionary measure as much...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 19, 2020 | Army, News
The 10-member family of the killed soldier Karen Sukiasyan has been living in an apartment of only 59 square meters for years. Karen, who was killed in a landmine blast while on a combat duty in the border area in 1996, was the third son in the family. He voluntarily...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 16, 2020 | Army, News
The 8-member family of the killed soldier lives in an area of 31 square meters The 8-member family of the killed soldier Pargev Karapetyan lives in an apartment of only 31 square meters. It is ten years since his mother, Satenik Sargsyan, has not been able to get...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 12, 2020 | Closed Institutions, News
On April 2, the Ministry of Justice announced that five employees of the Vardashen Penitentiary’s Guarding Department have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 28 employees have been isolated. The Public Relations Department of the Ministry reassured that “the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 10, 2020 | News, Torture
In Sisian, the passions are inflamed, a riot is brewing against the acting head of the police, Garik Muradyan, which has become a real scourge on the city. On April 6 and 7, two extraordinary incidents took place with his participation: 60-year-old Grandpa Garnik was...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 8, 2020 | News, Torture
The acting police chief of Sisian has beaten a 60-year-old citizen for not taking over the theft. The incident took place on April 6. The citizen was detained at three o’clock AM. “They took me for theft, the Sisian police chief beat me. I was in that...
